Daily agriculture news 04/05/2018

The
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for the Umbrella Scheme,
"Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana" in agriculture sector beyond 12th Five Year Plan for the period from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with the Central Share of Rs. 33,269.976 crore.

The
Umbrella scheme comprises of 11 Schemes/Missions. These schemes look to
develop the agriculture and allied sector in a holistic and scientific
manner to increase the income of farmers by enhancing production,
productivity andbetter returns on produce. The Schemes will be continued
with an expenditure of Rs.33,269.976 crore for three financial years,
i.e., 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20.

The Schemes that are part of the Umbrella Schemes are :-

(i)
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) with a
total central share of Rs. 7533.04 crore, MIDH aims to promote holistic
growth of horticulture sector; to enhance horticulture production,
improve nutritional security and income support tofarm Households.

(ii) National Food Security Mission (NFSM), including National Mission on
Oil Seeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP), with a total central share of Rs.6893.38
crore. It aims to increase production of rice, wheat, pulses, coarse
cereals and commercial crops, through area expansion and productivity
enhancement in a suitable manner in the identified districts of the
country, restoring soil fertility and productivity at the individual
farm level and enhancing farm level economy. It further aims to augment
the availability of vegetable oils and to reduce the import of edible
oils.

(iv) Submission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE) with a total central share
of Rs.2961.26 crore. SMAE aims to strengthen the ongoing extension
mechanism of State Governments, local bodies etc., achieving food and
nutritional security and socio-economic empowerment of farmers, to
institutionalize programme planning and implementation mechanism, to
forge effective linkages and synergy amongst various stake-holders, to
support HRD interventions, to promote pervasive and innovative use of
electronic / print media, inter-personal communication and ICT tools,
etc.

(v) Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP) with a total central
share of Rs.920.6 crore. SMSP aims to increase production of certified /
quality seed, to increase SRR, to upgrade the quality of farm saved
seeds, to strengthen the seed multiplication chain, to promote new
technologies and methodologies in seed production, processing, testing
etc., to strengthen and modernizing infrastructure for seed production,
storage, certification and quality etc.

(vi) Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM) with a total central
share of Rs.3250 crore. SMAM aims to increase the reach of farm
mechanization to small and marginal farmers and to the regions where
availability of farm power is low, to promote ‘Custom Hiring Centres’ to
offset the adverse economies of scale arising due to small landholding
and high cost of individual ownership, to create hubs for hi-tech and
high value farm equipment, to create awareness among stakeholders
through demonstration and capacity building activities, and to ensure
performance testing and certification at designated testing centers
located all over the country.

(vii) Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plan Quarantine (SMPPQ) with a
total central share of Rs.1022.67 crore. SMPPQ aims to minimize loss to
quality and yield of agricultural crops from the ravages of insect
pests, diseases, weeds, nematodes, rodents, etc. and to shield our
agricultural bio-security from the incursions and spread of alien
species, to facilitate exports of Indian agricultural commodities to
global markets, and to promote good agricultural practices, particularly
with respect to plant protection strategies and strategies.

(viii) Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics
(ISACES) with a total central share of Rs. 730.58 crore. It aims to
undertake the agriculture census, study of the cost of cultivation of
principal crops, to undertake research studies on agro-economic problems
of the country, to fund conferences/workshops and seminars involving
eminent economists, agricultural scientists, experts and to bring out
papers to conduct short term studies, to improve agricultural statistics
methodology and to create a hierarchical information system on crop
condition and crop production from sowing to harvest.

(ix) Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Cooperation (ISAC) with a total
central share of Rs. 1902.636 crore. It aims to provide financial
assistance for improving the economic conditions of cooperatives, remove
regional imbalances and to speed up - cooperative development in
agricultural marketing, processing, storage, computerization and weaker
section programmes; to help cotton growers fetch remunerative price for
their produce through value addition besides ensuring supply of quality
yarn at reasonable rates to the decentralized weavers.

(x) Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) with a total
centralshare of 3863.93 crore. ISAM aims to develop agricultural
marketing infrastructure; to promote innovative and latest technologies
and competitive alternatives in agriculture marketing infrastructure; to
provide infrastructure facilities for grading, standardization and
quality certification of agricultural produce; to establish a
nation­wide marketing information network; to integrate markets through a
common online market platform to facilitate pan-India trade in
agricultural commodities, etc.

(xi)
National e-Governance Plan (NeGP-A) with a total central share of
211.06 crore aims to bring farmer centricity & service orientation
to the programmes; to enhance reach & impact of extension services;
to improve access of farmers to information &services throughout
crop-cycle; to build upon, enhance & integrate the existing ICT
initiatives of Centre and States; and to enhance efficiency &
effectiveness of programs through making available timely and relevant
information to the farmers for increasing their agriculture
productivity.

The,Schemes/Missions focus on creating/strengthening of infrastructure of
production, reducing production cost and marketing of agriculture and
allied produce. These schemes / missions have been under implementation
for varying duration during past few years.

All
these schemes/missions were appraised and approved independently as
separate scheme/mission. In 2017-18, it has been decided to club all
these schemes/missions under one umbrella scheme 'Green Revolution -
Krishonnati Yojana'.